Leaving the Lawsuit Behind
After the "Unity" slate's sweeping victory of the Association of Alumni election, the question is no longer whether the Association's lawsuit, filed against the College last October, will be withdrawn, but when.
After the "Unity" slate's sweeping victory of the Association of Alumni election, the question is no longer whether the Association's lawsuit, filed against the College last October, will be withdrawn, but when.
To the Editor: In his op-ed ("Frat-eternity," June 20), Zachary Gottlieb states on several occasions that the administration is trying to get rid of the Greek system. If that is the case, why is the College allowing Beta Theta Pi fraternity to return to campus next fall?
In light of the recent announcement of the 14 members of the presidential search committee, what are your thoughts on the selection process and the composition of the committee? As a final jab to the defeated alumni, the search committee is two-thirds Board-appointed.
Many alumni and other supporters of the Parity Slate of candidates in the completed Association of Alumni elections must ask themselves what to do now.
To the Editor: The recent alumni election results signify that a representative majority of Dartmouth graduates still have the good sense to cut through a whole host of B.S.
While the College on the Hill has rallied for its titularly nebulous Campaign for the Student Experience, student social life continues to grow at a less-than-precipitous pace.
As I was searching for a brilliant, awe-inspiring metaphor to represent the "it's-overness" of our undergraduate years at the College on the Hill, two analogies instantly came to mind.
There's one story my mom loves to tell about her father, Herbert S. Landsman, who graduated at this Commencement 68 years ago. Her father was eating lunch at the Hanover Inn.
Dear ol' California. In case the news hasn't penetrated your corner of the Bubble, California recently became the second state to uphold gay marriage in the courts, and with a Republican-appointed majority no less.
I believe that most of us at Dartmouth would like our institution to strive for the highest standards of ethics and ideals.
As many of us commemorate Israel's 60th year of independence, it is appropriate to reflect on our relationship, as individuals and as an educational institution, with Israel.
It was a gray size 40 that draped down below my knees. In fact, there was no need for pants. What should have been a tight-fitting, European designer suit looked more like a parka on my six-year-old frame. It became our routine.
Four years and 48 columns later, my time at Dartmouth and my tenure as an Opinion columnist have come to an end.
Last Friday's release of the Committee on Standards Review Committee recommendations to Dean of the College Tom Crady presented the opportunity to air misgivings about the troublesome flaws with our COS processes.
I've recently experienced my first Green Key weekend, and I have to say that it was a weekend like any other weekend, except longer and with more ennui.
There are a number of privileges that we freshmen get to enjoy for just three terms: We can suck at pong, be unabashedly promiscuous and go frat hopping in obnoxious groups of 15, just to name a few. By the time we come back next fall as sophomores, it's expected that we'll have grown out of all this.
As with other conservative movements, the take-over faction who has brought suit against the College is attempting to define its issues by changing the language.
Green Key is over -- the ultimate sign that the end of term is near. With finals nearly in sight, I quote Dr. Seuss and ask, "How did it get so late so soon?" As a Dartmouth alum himself, Dr. Seuss would know better than any other writer how time at our College seems to fly by.
Besides the obvious tragedy of Myanmar's current state, the most unfortunate part of the situation is what it reveals to us about the nature of human beings.
Dartmouth Dining Services has a pricing system that surely shocks us all. Although we have become rather apathetic about the exorbitant costs involved with eating at Dartmouth, the concept that our Declining Balance Accounts are not filled with real money cannot completely desensitize us to the costs of eating here.